Dickson was a prominent Scottish covenanter. Note that the Banner of Truth reprint contains Dickson’s commentary on less books than the original.

***– ‘Dickson is a writer after our own heart. For preachers he is a great ally. There is nothing brilliant or profound; but everything is clear and well arranged, and the unction runs down like the oil from Aaron’s head. In this volume the observations are brief.’

This is different and much larger than Poole’s Annotations on Scripture. Here Poole gives something of a history of interpretation (from Jewish writers until Christian interpreters of Poole’s own day) on every verse of the Bible.

‘…you will find in Poole’s Synopsis a marvelous collection of all the wisdom and folly of the critics. It is a large cyclopedia worthy of the days when theologians could be cyclopean, and had not shrunk from folios to octavos. Query—a query for which I will not demand an answer—has one of you beaten the dust from the venerable copy of Poole which loads our library shelves?

Yet as Poole spent no less than ten years in compiling it, it should be worthy of your frequent notice—ten years, let me add, spent in Amsterdam in exile for the truth’s sake from his native land. His work is based on an earlier compilation entitled Critici Sacri, containing the concentrated light of a constellation of learned men who have never been excelled in any age or country.’ – Spurgeon

Ebrard (1818–1888) was a German, protestant, liberal scholar who also wrote commentaries on Hebrews and the Revelation (the latter is not available on the net in English).

***“Dr. [Robert] Candlish, in his Exposition on 1 John, says: ‘I must acknowledge my obligation to Dr. Lucke. But it is Dr. Ebrard who has helped me the most. Ebrard is especially valuable, and for an English reader, acquainted with theology, very easily intelligible.” – Spurgeon

“An exhaustive, technical commentary which defends the genuineness of the epistles, but provides some fanciful interpretations of material in the text.” – Cyril J. Barber

Vinewas known for Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words.

“A strongly conservative development of the theory that John wrote to defend Christianity against the false teachings of the Ebionites, Docetists, and Cerenthians. Based upon a thorough knowledge of the Greek text.” – Cyril J. Barber

Stott, John –The Letters of John Buyin Tyndale New Testament Commentaries 1964

“Combines an understanding of exegesis with a knowledge of the local church situation that lies behind these epistles and expounds their theme in the light of the work of the ministry. A beautiful blending of Bible teaching and practical theology. Anglican.” – Cyril J. Barber

“A verse-by-verse treatment which emphasizes the need for Christians to guard against the temptation to make the gospel conform to current trends of thought and modes of theology. Hits hard against materialism and stresses the practical lessons to be learned from these letters.” – Cyril J. Barber

** “Dr. Graham, of Bonn, says that ‘Lucke is impartial, learned, and critically in earnest; yet the attentive reader soon discovers a very decided anti-evangelical tendency. I say anti-evangelical in our sense of the word, for in Germany he has done much to overthrow the cold kingdom of rationalism and unbelief.’ Graham is severe, and a discount may be allowed from this judgment. Let it serve as a warning.” – Spurgeon

“The Commentary of Luck [on the Gospel of John]… the author [Hengstenberg] would not for a moment wish to deny, or to detract from, its great merits, but it belongs to the theology of a transitional period, which seldom treads firmly. We miss a decided faith in Holy Scripture as the Word of God; the struggle with doubt is magnified, and disturbs the devotional feeling of the reader; there are frequently dangerous concessions; and when the decision is in favor of the faith, there is, for the most part, only a small balance in its favor.” – E.W. Hengstenberg

“Long recognized as one of the most thorough, complete commentaries on the Greek text. [F.F.] Bruce [in the 1966 Eerdmans’ reprint] has updated the introductory material and provided a summary of the significant discoveries and commentaries since Westcott’s time,,, Anglican.” – Cyril J. Barber